La Famine Flashcards

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Plus de 800 millions de personnes dans le monde souffrent de malnutrition chronique.

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Across the world more than 800 million people are chronically malnourished.

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Même aux États-Unis, le pays des obèses, près de 30 millions de personnes ne mangent pas à leur faim.

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Even in the United States, the land of the fat, nearly 30 million people do not have enough to eat.

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Il y aura plus de 2 milliards de bouches supplémentaires à nourrir dans moins de 30 ans.

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There will be more than two billion extra mouths to feed within 30 years.

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Bien trop souvent, les hommes politiques se contentent de parler de la nécessité d’éradiquer la faim dans le monde et leurs paroles ne sont pas suivies d’effet.

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All too often politicians do no more than pay lip service to the need to eradicate world hunger and they don’t match words with action.

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Il est temps que les leaders mondiaux passent aux actes.

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It is time world leaders put their money where their mouths are.

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Le riz est la denrée de base de plus de la moitié de la population mondiale.

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Rice is the staple diet of more than half the world’s population.

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La distribution d’aide alimentaire arrive souvent au comptes-gouttes là où les gens en ont le plus besoin.

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The distribution or famine relief often trickled on where it is most needed.

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La famine qui a régné au Bengladesh récemment a tué des dizaines de milliers de personnes.

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Famine stalked Bengladesh recently ans killed tens of thousands of people.

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La famine sévit souvent en Afrique et cause des ravages au sein de la population.

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Famine is often rampant in Africa and wreaks havoc on the population.

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Dans les pays tels que la Zambie et le Zimbabwe, la famine est souvent due à la sécheresse mais aussi à une incompétence gouvernementale chronique.

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In countries like Zambia and Zimbabwe, famine is often due to drought but also tout chronic misgovernance.

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Certains scientifique disent que l’utilisation du maïs pour les biocarburants aggrave la crise alimentaire et peut déclencher des émeutes de la faim.

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Some scientists say that the use of corn for biofuels is exacerbating the food crisis and can trigger officiel food riots.

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Est-il acceptable au début du XXIe siècle que des gens mangent de l’écorce et des racines d’arbres pour survivre ?

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Is it acceptable at the beginning if the 21st century that some people eat the bark and roots of trees to survive ?

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Ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles.

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A hungry man, an angry man. (proverb)

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